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Good News or Bad News? | 好消息还是坏消息？
An artist is thrilled to learn all his paintings were sold to a gentleman who inquired about thei...
One Big Happy Family | 快乐大家庭
A warden pities an inmate who never receives visitors, only to learn the inmate's friends and fam...
This Is a Recording | 这是一段录音
A darkly humorous airline announcement welcomes passengers aboard a flight, then calmly describes...
Is He Really Ill? | 他真病了吗？
A man faints on a hot day, and bystanders offer conflicting advice on how to help him. The man's ...
Only One Policeman | 只有一个警察
A father tries to explain the meaning of 'drunk' to his son by using the example of seeing two po...
The Over-Budget Shoplifter | 预算超标的小偷
A shoplifter caught stealing a watch offers to buy it to avoid trouble, only to complain that the...
Always Thirsty | 总感口渴
A man tells his friend that a sponge was left inside him after an operation, leading to constant ...
The Englishman and the Fire | 英国人与火灾
A story about an Englishman who calmly requests multiple glasses of water from a hotel servant, o...
Where Am I? | 我这是在哪儿？
An Englishman named Nat, on his first trip abroad to Spain, forgets about the different traffic r...
My First and My Last | 第一次与最后一次
George, a skilled pilot, takes his friend Mark for a flight full of aerial tricks. After a harrow...
Mr. Brown's Car | 布朗先生的汽车
Mr. Brown humorously explains to a neighbor that his new car only truly "belongs" to him when it ...
A Better Dishwasher | 一台更好的洗碗机
Mrs. Williams' new neighbor boasts about her new dishwasher. When asked if it also dries and puts...
A Clever Save | 聪明的省钱法
An American tourist in London tries to pay the cheaper follow-up fee by pretending to be a return...
I'm Not Even Thirsty | 我一点都不渴
A dying man shares his secret: he gave up a life of luxury to start a family on a friend's advice...
Consultation Hours | 诊疗时间
A man seeks a doctor's help for a dog bite outside of consultation hours, leading to a humorous e...
Much Worse | 那就更糟了
A man explains to a policeman that he didn't shout during a robbery to avoid revealing his gold t...
Keep Feeding Him Nickels | 再喂他几枚五分镍币
A mother panics when her son swallows a nickel but coughs up two dimes; the father humorously sug...
A Penny in a Second | 一秒钟的一便士
A man asks God about the value of a million dollars and a million years, then makes a request bas...
Two Attorneys | 两位律师
Two attorneys cleverly circumvent a restaurant owner's rule against eating outside food by simply...
Wrong-Way Driver | 逆行司机
An elderly driver, warned by his wife about a wrong-way driver on the highway, humorously reveals...